Archaeological investigations of the early eighteenth century fortifications in Casale Monferrato, northern Italy.

This volume is dedicated to the study of the field-fortifications on the Finestre and Fattieres hills located in Piedmont on the Italian Occidental Alps; being the unique easily passable transit between the Chisone valley and the fortress of Susa, they had a special strategic meaning and importance.

The seventh 'Notebook on Military Archaeology and Architecture' presents the reports of the Congress '1744. La campagna gallispana in Piemonte', which took place in Turin in November 2005. Contributors outlined the main topics relating to the history and archaeology of a military campaign in Piedmont during the War of the Austrian Succession, when Spanish and French forces fought against the army of the king of Piedmont-Sardinia. Several papers describe the military and strategic proceeding of campaign, others examine the field-fortifications of the Varaita valley, the fortress of Demonte and the fortress and siege of Cuneo, the military actions and battlefields of Pietralunga, in the Varaita valley, and Madonna dell'Olmo near Cuneo, ending with the military organisations of the opposing armies. The aim of the Congress, and this collection of papers, is to create both a general and exact picture of a singular military event so as to present it from all possible points of view: historical, archaeological, historico-architectural and historico-territorial.Italian.

An archaeological study of field-fortifications along the western alpine frontier of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, in the second half of the 17th and the 18th century. After a review of the development of the fortifications of the frontier, Sconfienza proposes a preliminary classification of the main fortification types. Italian text.

A discussion of Late Classical and Hellenistic fortifications in Magna Graecia, looking in particular at those of southern Italy, excluding Sicily. The first in a new series of studies that present archaeological and historical research on the wider field of military matters, this volume combines a short narrative of military events during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, with a detailed study of fortifications in cities such as Taranto, Metaponto, Crotone, Velia and Paestum. Italian text.